Unless I get a better offer for Sunday night, I will attempt some Live Oscar Blogging here at news from me. This means I'll be watching right along with the rest of you…something I haven't done in years. I usually TiVo the thing (or before TiVo, tape) and then speed from highlight to highlight, assuming there are any, with mankind's greatest invention, the Fast Forward Button. This year for some aberrant reason, I feel like watching, so let's all watch together. I'm not going to predict winners but I will predict jokes and interesting moments in the broadcast. Already though, I'll bet we're in for at least two acceptance speeches that will make people angry the way Michael Moore's did last year. (Billy Crystal will probably also have a joke about having Michael bound and gagged in the back, or something of the sort.) Early on, there will be a joke about Michael Eisner and then later, Roy Disney will accept an Oscar and provide the implied punchline. If Bill Murray wins, he will get up there and hijack the broadcast. And there will be an oppressive number of tributes to those who've died in the last twelve months. I'll have more as we go.
See you here Sunday evening. Unless I get a better offer.